To mark the upcoming entry into application of the Transparency Regulation, the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency, in collaboration with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will jointly organise a celebratory virtual event on Tuesday 30 March 2021, from 10:00 until 12:30 CET.

More detail on the implementation of the Transparency Regulation can be found here.

Interested stakeholders can follow the discussions live via webstreaming.

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Biographies of the speakers

food safety | foodstuffs legislation | animal health | EU food chain
Tuesday 30 March 2021, 10:00 - 12:30 (CEST)
Online only

Programme

30 Mar 2021, 10:00 - 10:05 (CEST)
Welcome and opening remarks
Moderator: Ms Rose O’Donovan, Agrafacts Editor
10:05 - 10:35 (CEST)
Opening remarks:
- Ms Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
- Ms Maria do Céu Antunes, Minister of Agriculture of Portugal
- Mr Bernhard Url, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority
10:35 - 12:20 (CEST)
Panel discussion: “Transformation of the EU risk assessment in the food chain – what is next?”
Moderator: Ms Rose O’Donovan
Panellists:
- Ms Nathalie Chaze, Director for “Food sustainability, international relations”, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
- Ms Ana Batalha, Chair of the Council Working Party on Foodstuffs
- Ms Simona Bonafè; Member of the European Parliament (S&D)
- Mr Bernhard Url, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority
- Ms Mella Frewen, Director-General of FoodDrinkEurope
- Mr Helmut Burtscher-Schaden, GLOBAL 2000
12:20 - 12:30 (CEST)
Closing remarks:
- Ms Claire Bury, Deputy Director-General for Food Safety and Sustainability, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission